Daily Satellite Animation

[harryh3o]

Here is todays animation. File is a little bigger, I will trim down the next one.

And a Zoom in of the upper bay, for you northern boys.This is today 4-11-05

Again, let me know of any specific areas you might want to focus on. Keep in mind with some weather coming, we will probably have some cloud cover.

[stpabr]

Excellent work.....

[Tom Kidwell]

Great stuff! I wish it looked better. The nasty water is going to get to the CBBT area just in time for the weekly gale. Ought to make for some "interesting" fishing. Dang!

[Espo]

nice job... should be helpful if someone figures out what it means for fishing, or I mean catching.... For fishing, it means we are in for a rough start above the bridge...[grin]

[chesapeakeblend]

I think it is interesting most of the sedimentation is coming from urbanization (or suburbanization) of the western shore, when it seems a lot of people contribute it to farming. The eastern shore where the majority of farming is, stays relativley clean.

[OneMoreCast]

[Q]chesapeakeblend originally wrote:
I think it is interesting most of the sedimentation is coming from urbanization (or suburbanization) of the western shore, when it seems a lot of people contribute it to farming. The eastern shore where the majority of farming is, stays relativley clean.
[/Q]

It has more to do with the runoff of the Susky and how the tides work in the upper bay. Water that is more saline travels up the eastern side..water that is more fresh travels down the western side.

[AlexT]

Also the main feeder rivers are all on the western shore. They drain a much larger area than the eastern shore rivers, which are really just tidal inlets.

Looking at the animation, it is a miracle that the entire northern bay is anything more than 2" deep at this point. Are there any studies on the rate of sedimentation of the bay?

[paxfish]

I think that people complain about the high % of dissolved nutrients flowing off of the farms more so than the sedimentation.

My guess is that the farmers hav figured out how to hold most of their soil, but not the nutrien-laden runoff.

Of course the Western shore sediment water has plenty of nutrients too, I'm sure.

[Mattaponi]

I would love to see you zoom the satelittein on the West Point area of the York River. Tons of fish there but no big bite yet.

Thanks for your help.
Jeff[excited]

[OneMoreCast]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Apr12.html

PEEAAA better get their s....tuff together real soon. I am sick of this...
Quote from the first paragraph.

"Teeming with raw sewage, animal waste and fertilizer runoff, yet responsible for half the Chesapeake Bay's fresh water, the Susquehanna River is the most endangered river in the United States, according to a report released today by American Rivers, a national conservation group.

Pennsylvania's massive Susquehanna, the bay's biggest tributary, tops a list of 10 American rivers with uncertain futures, including Ohio's Little Miami River, Tennessee's Roan Creek and South Carolina's Santee River. Most of them, said American Rivers President Rebecca R. Wodder, are befouled by raw sewage and urban and farm runoff -- problems made worse by population growth and cuts to federal cleanup money. "

Get it together PEEEAAA.....you are turning my backyard into a crapper.

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